8.4 Median time between clock start and being assessed by a physiotherapist (hours:mins) (Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) working domain)

Included: all patients who were seen by a physiotherapist within 72h of clock start are included in this indicator.

Excluded: patients who were not seen by a physiotherapist within 72 hours of clock start are excluded from this indicator

For patients newly arriving at hospital, the time between clock start and being assessed by a physiotherapist is the difference between the date and time of arrival (Q 1.13) and the date and time of assessment by occupational therapist (Q 3.6).

For patients already in hospital at the time of their stroke (Q 1.10 is ‘Yes’), the time between clock start and being assessed by a physiotherapist is the difference between the date and time of symptom onset (Q 1.11) and the date and time of assessment by occupational therapist (Q 3.6).

Cohort median: To find the median time, all the times between clock start and assessment by physiotherapist need to be listed from smallest to largest. The median is then the number in the middle of this list.

For team-centred

For patient-centred

All patients in the team-centred 72h cohort who were seen by a physiotherapist within 72h of clock start

All patients in the patient-centred 72h cohort who were seen by a physiotherapist within 72h of clock start

ExamplePatient A arrived (clock start) at hospital at 12:57 on Tuesday. They were assessed by a PT at 15:18 that same day. Patient A’s time from clock start to being assessed by a PT was 2:21.Patient B arrived (clock start) at hospital at 09:15 on Friday. They were assessed by a PT at 19:16 that same day. Patient B’s time from clock start to being assessed by a PT was 10:01.Patient C arrived (clock start) at hospital at 13:08 on Sunday. They were not assessed by a PT so are excluded.Patient D arrived (clock start) at hospital at 22:00 on Friday. They were assessed by a PT at 09:38 the following Monday. Patient D’s time from clock start to being assessed a PT was 59:38.Patient E arrived (clock start) at hospital at 03:15 on Monday. They were assessed by a PT at 11:47 on Tuesday. Patient E’s time from clock start to being assessed by a PT was 20:32.Patient F arrived (clock start) at hospital at 23:33 on Wednesday. They were assessed by a PT at 11:03 on Saturday. Patient F’s time from clock start to being assessed by a PT was 60:00.